Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Don D. Sunderland is a partner in the Amarillo office.  Don's primary practice is focused in bankruptcy and insolvency matters.  He routinely advises clients with problems involving debt, from both the debtor and creditor points of view, and he has represented or is representing in Chapter 7, 11, and 12 proceedings debtors-in-possession, creditors, committees, and trustees.  Mr. Sunderland's representation of banks and financial institutions is extensive and includes advising and trying matters in connection with

• Judicial and non-judicial remedies in commercial transactions, including foreclosures of liens and interests against real and personal property. 
• Uniform Commercial Code, Article 9 secured transactions, including creation, perfection, and priority of security interests. 
• Default and remedies in connection with secured transactions. 
• Collection of judgments. 
• Executions against real and personal property, and writs of garnishment. 
• Lender liability defense and litigation involving preference, discharge and fraudulent conveyance claims.

Areas of Practice

• Business Law
• Litigation
• Banking
• Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights

Representative Cases

• The First National Bank of Amarillo v. Southwestern Livestock, Inc., 859 F. 2d 847 (10th Cir. 1988)
• In Re Johnson, 105 B. R. 906 (Bkrtcy. N.D. Texas 1987)
• In Re Bowes, 160 B. R. 290 (Bkrtcy. N.D. Texas 1993)

West Practice Categories

Agriculture Law, Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Debtor/Creditor, Litigation & Appeals, Landlord/Tenant

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1983
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1983
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2002

Certification/Specialties

• Consumer Bankruptcy Law, Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1989

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Amarillo Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Panhandle Bankruptcy Bar Association (Director)

Classes and Seminars

• 20th Annual Advanced Business Bankruptcy Course, Planning Committee, State Bar of Texas, 2002

Education

• University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma, 1983
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif
• University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1979
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science

Published Works

• Bankruptcy, The Basics and More, Panhandle Chapter Texas Society of CPA's Tax Institute, 2002
• Bankruptcy - What Can a Chapter 11 Do?, Meeting of Panhandle Chapter of Texas Society of CPA's, 1992
• Foreclosure and Repossession in Texas, Texas Real Estate Foreclosures, Loriman Business Center, Inc., 1989

Address

Amarillo National Plaza Two
Suite 800
500 South Taylor, Lobby Box #213
Amarillo, TX 79101-2445

Phones

(806) 337-1117 (Direct Line)

Faxes

(806) 372-5086

Emails

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Websites

http://www.mullinhoard.com